Bicycle-canopy.



No. 726,610. PATENTED APR. 28,1903

M. ZEOH. BIOYGLE CANOPY. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1901.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN ZECH, OF PRAIRIE DU SAC, \VISCONSIN.

BiCYCLE-CANOPY.

i-EEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,610,.dated April 28, 1903.

Application filed septembr 30, 1'901f Serial No. 77,095. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN ZECH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prairie du Sac, in the county of Sank, State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Canopies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to canopies for bicycles and similar wheels; and it has for its object'to provide a cheap and simple construction that will be light and which maybe easily and quickly applied and removed, a further object of the invention being to provide a canopy which will be most efficient.

A further object is to provide a canopy which may be attached to either the front or rear. portion of the bicycle, as desired.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the canopy detachedvfrom a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing a bicycle with the canopy in place.

Referring now to the drawings, it will be seen that the canopy comprises a top or roof 5, having a suitable waterproof covering, and at the rear end of which are the depending members 6 and 7, which are connected rigidly with the roof, and the upper portions of which stand parallel and-are separated by an inter space, as shown, to permit of ventilation. The lower portions 8 and 9-01 the members 6 and 7 converge and have their lower ends bifurcated to engage over the axle of the bicycle-wheel. It will be understood that the specific arrangement of parts in the present invention, as mentioned above, is designed to produce a canopy which may be attached to either the front or rear portion of a bicyole. Should it be desired to accomplish the latter, the members 6 and 7 are disposed with their bifurcations engaged over the rear axle 10 of a bicycle and exterior to the rear forks in such positions as to be impinged against by the rear-axle nuts, which act to clamp the members to the frame, of the bicycle.

The parallel portions of the members 6 and 7 are somewhat wider than the lower portions thereof, and connecting the lower ends of the parallel portions is the cross-brace 11, and connected to the converging portions 8 and 9 directly below the cross-piece are the slanting braces 12 and 13, which are connected to the under edges of the sides of the roof of the canopy near to the forward ends thereof.

To prevent forward or backward pivotal movement of the canopy upon'the rear axle as a pivot, the braces 14 and 15 are provided and are connected to the portions Sand 9 directly below the braces 12 and 13, the braces 14 and 15 being converged to meet and having a clip 16 at their meeting ends, which is engaged aroundthe seat-post of the bicycle when the canopy is in place.

In attaching the canopy to the front of the bicycle the bifurcations of the members 6 and 7 are engaged over the front axle in the same manner as that just described in connection with the rear axle, and the clip 16 is engaged around the handle-bar above the head of the bicycle; It will be seen that this arrangement does not interfere in any way with the steering of the machine.

When the canopy is to be removed, the clip is disengaged from the seat-post, and the rear-axle nuts having been loosened the bifurca'ted lower ends of the convergent portions of the members 6 and 7 are disengaged from the rear axle.

What is claimed is As an article of man ufacture, a bicyclecanopy adapted for attachment to a wheel-- axle of a bicycle, comprising a roof, a pair of uprights having their upper portions parallel parallel portions, braces connected to the tion of a bicycle and provided with perfora- [0 sides of the roof adjacent to the edge thereof tions to receive a clamping-bolt.

and to the lower ends of the parallel portions In testimony whereof I affix my signature of the uprights and additional braces conin presence of two Witnesses.

neeted t0 the lower ends of the parallel porr tions of the uprights, the last mentioned MARTIN AEOH' braces being converged downwardly and away Witnesses:

from the uprights and having their free ends MAX H. NINMAN,

adapted to engage around to an upright por- CHAS. F. NINMAN. 

